Los Cerritos Middle

Los Cerritos Middle, a moderately sized intermediate school in Thousand Oaks, California, overseen by Conejo Valley Unified, enrolls 725 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Los Cerritos Middle is one of 26 schools operated by Conejo Valley Unified, a district that serves 15,713 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Los Cerritos Middle logs that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ventura County (around 59%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Los Cerritos Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.6%; this one delivers 61.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Ventura County shows median household earnings sit near $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Cerritos Middle is one of 238 public schools in Ventura County (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students).

The closest other public school is Conejo Valley High (Continuation), roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Los Cerritos Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Los Cerritos Middle at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 57.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 997 students in 2018 compared to 725 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.

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